Iquitos Jungle Tour 4D / 3N
Description
Iquitos is located in the North of Peru on the bank of the Amazon river, and it is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road, but only by boat or plane. The Amazon tours are the perfect way to explore this impressive jungle in Northern Peru. You will have the opportunity to see lots of wildlife like dolphins, monkeys, crocodiles, and insects. During the day, you will see the most intriguing parts of the Peruvian Amazon jungle. While during the night, you will be sleeping in a beautiful jungle lodge. While on the tour, you can enjoy the Amazon jungle in different ways: by boat while fishing, hiking through the rainforest and at night under the impressive starry sky. If you like wildlife and nature, this Amazon jungle tour is the best way to discover the Peruvian rainforest.
Itinerary
Day 1: Iquitos - Nauta - Ecological Jungle Trips
Pick up from the hotel or the airport in Iquitos in the morning and transfer to a town called Nauta with our private car. The ride lasts for about 2 hours. After arrival in Nauta, we will go on the boats that will take us to our lodge, which is about 2.5 hours upstream the Maranon, Amazon, Ucayali and Yarapa rivers. After that, we will discover flora and fauna in the primary forest for approximately two hours. After having lunch, we will visit a typical Amazon village and go on the Ucayali river to watch dolphins. After dinner, we will do canoe trip to spot different nocturnal animals. We will spend the night in the Lodge.
Day 2: Ecological Jungle Trips - Lodge and excursions
On the second day, we will start with a walk through the jungle to see a variety of monkeys, insects, spiders, in their natural habitat. After breakfast at the lodge, we will take the boat to see different birds like parrots, Jacanas, kingfishers, herons, partridges, doves, and komungos. We continue our wildlife tour to a place where you can see the Perezoso bears and varieties of monkeys, squirrels, iguanas, and butterflies. After lunch, we will do a hike in the jungle where the guide will explain us about medicinal plants and different trees while learning about the art of survival using the elements of the Amazon jungle. At night, there will be hiking excursions and by boat to observe the wildlife in the forest while listening to the rainforest sounds.
Day 3: Ecological Jungle Trips - Overnight camping
We wake up early in the morning to see the sunrise in the heart of the jungle. We continue by canoe or motorboat on the Yarapa river to see more varieties of birds like the Hoatzin, the Large Forest Tinamous, the undulated tianamou or the Scarlet Macaw. After breakfast, we set out to do traditional fishing for piranhas and other species such as catfish and sardines. After the lunch at our lodge, we head out for a night of camping in the jungle. The rest of the day we spend exploring the area and observing wildlife like alligators and monkeys.
Day 4: Ecological Jungle Trips - Nauta - Iquitos
We will start with breakfast at the campsite and then return to the lodge navigating along small lakes and rivers of the Amazon rainforest. Along the way, we will see some other species like the Victoria Regia and Orchids. After lunch, we will first return to the city of Nauta to continue to the city of Iquitos.
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Practical Information
Transport: Boat
Duration: 4 days
Price: Contact us
Others: Please note that all itineraries are subject to change.
More: find more details on our blog post about Best Amazon Tours in Peru
Bring With You
- Day Pack
- Good Shoes
- Thin long sleeve shirts and long thin pants
- Rain Jacket or a Poncho
- Water Bottle
- Hat to protect you from the sun
- Sun Block
- Insect repellent
- Water bottle
- Camera
- Bathing suit
Included
- Professional bilingual guide (English/Spanish)
- Pick up from the airport or your hotel in Iquitos and return
- Two nights stay at jungle bungalow
- One night camping in the jungle
- Transfer to the sites and return
- Entrance to all visited sites
- Purified water all day
- Generator to charge batteries of cameras
- Meals (with exceptions - see below)
- All excursions
- First aid kit
Not Included
- Plane tickets to Iquitos (We are happy to help you with the booking - please contact us)
- Tip for your guide
- Extra costs in the city of Iquitos (drinks, snacks, etc.)
- Breakfast on day 1, dinner on day 4
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